A republican form of government, without intelligence in the people, must be, on a vast scale, what a mad-house, without superintendent or keepers, would be on a small one.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

The view from above is always beautiful. Strive to go there, but never forget to be kind.

If you can't take care of yourself, you can't take care of someone else.

There is no miraculous change that takes place in a boy that makes him a man. He becomes a man by being a man.

The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.

Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.

Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male lobbyists I met with.

If I wore a low-cut dress or showed my cleavage or did lad's mags, people would make such a big deal. That has stopped me from doing it, but I would if it felt right.

I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.

It's not fair!" (Ryssa) Because life was ever about fairness. Oh, to be as naive as his sister.